# Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/department-of-veterans-affairs/ **Website:** https://developer.va.gov/ **APIs profiled:** 30 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health care, benefits, and memorial services to U.S. military Veterans and their families. The VA API Platform at developer.va.gov publishes a structured catalog of APIs spanning Veteran identity confirmation, benefits claims, appeals, document intake, education, loan guaranty, facilities, forms, and HL7 FHIR clinical health data. ## Kin Score — 36.0 / 100 (thin) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.0). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 50.0 | | Contract Quality | 62.9 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 7.9 | | Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 | | Commercial Clarity | 13.2 | | Access Clarity | 13.2 | Regulatory layer — **Health**: 50.0 (matched via tags). ## Agent readiness — 32.1 (agent-aware) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | no | | OpenAPI Examples | partial | | Rate Limit Signal | documented | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (30) - **VA Address Validation API** — Verify and standardize U.S. and international addresses for Veterans and their families. - **VA Benefits Documents API** — Retrieve VA-generated benefit documents (decision letters, award letters, certifications) for Veterans. - **VA Benefits Reference Data API** — Reference data lookups for benefits-claim form fields (countries, states, disabilities, treatment centers, etc.). - **VA Community Care Eligibility API** — Determine whether a Veteran is eligible for community-care services under VA referral programs. - **VA Decision Reviews API** — Submit supplemental claims, higher-level reviews, and Notices of Disagreement under appeals modernization. - **VA Direct Deposit Management API** — Read and update a Veteran's direct-deposit information for benefit payments. - **VA Education Benefits API** — Submit and track GI Bill and VA education benefit applications and entitlement data. - **VA Loan Guaranty API** — Access VA-guaranteed home-loan eligibility, certificates of eligibility (COE), and loan data. - **VA Loan Review API** — Lender-facing API for review, conditions, and modification of VA-guaranteed home loans. - **VA Guaranty Remittance API** — Submit and track guaranty remittance payments for VA-guaranteed loans. - **VA Letter Generator API** — Generate official VA letters (e.g. service verification, benefit summary) on demand. - **VA Patient Health API (FHIR)** — Veteran-authorized SMART-on-FHIR API exposing the patient's own health record. - **VA Veteran Service History and Eligibility API** — Retrieve a Veteran's service history and eligibility for VA programs. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) AllergyIntolerance API** — The AllergyIntolerance API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for allergyintolerance. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Appeals API** — Appeals status and history - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Claims API** — Veteran benefits claims operations - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Condition API** — The Condition API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for condition. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Confirmation API** — Veteran status confirmation - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Facilities API** — Search and retrieve VA facilities - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Forms API** — Search and retrieve VA forms - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Intent To File API** — Intent to File operations - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MedicationRequest API** — The MedicationRequest API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for medicationrequest. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) NearbyFacilities API** — Locate facilities near a given address or coordinates - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Observation API** — The Observation API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for observation. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Patient API** — The Patient API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for patient. - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Power of Attorney API** — Representation requests and POA management - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Services API** — Health, benefits, and other services offered at facilities - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) UploadLocation API** — Request upload locations - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) UploadStatus API** — Submission status retrieval - **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans API** — The Veterans API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for veterans. ## Agentic access (1) - **Department Of Veterans Affairs Agentic Access** — 21 operations · 5 acting ## Security (3) - **Department Of Veterans Affairs Authentication** — apiKey/http/oauth2 · 3 schemes - **Department Of Veterans Affairs Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC - **Department Of Veterans Affairs Vulnerability Disclosure** — Bugcrowd · security.txt · contact published ## Plans (1) - **Department Of Veterans Affairs Plans Pricing** ## Tags Federal-Government, Healthcare, Veterans --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/department-of-veterans-affairs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.